Lynchburg, VA • Thomas Road Baptist Church
Friday & Saturday, October 10-11, 2025
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2025 Speakers & Performers
Lysa Terkeurst
Lysa TerKeurst is President and Chief Visionary Officer of Proverbs 31 Ministries. She is also the six-time New York Times best-selling author of Good Boundaries and Goodbyes, Forgiving What You Can’t Forget, It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way, Uninvited, and more. Her devotional, Embraced, won the ECPA Book of the Year for 2019. Lysa was also recently awarded the Champions of Faith Author Award and has often appeared on the Today Show as one of the leading voices in the Christian community. Each year, Lysa is a featured keynote presenter at events across North America and online, including the Global Leadership Network. She also tours state-to-state regularly with Transparent Productions. Lysa is passionate about equipping women to share their stories for God’s glory through Proverbs 31 Ministries’ annual “She Speaks Conference” and her writer training program, COMPEL: Words That Move People. Connect with Lysa on social media at @lysaterkeurst or lysaterkeurst.com
Rebekah Lyons
Rebekah Lyons is a national speaker and the best-selling author of A Surrendered Yes: 52 Devotions to Let Go and Live Free, Rhythms of Renewal: Trading Stress and Anxiety for a Life of Peace and Purpose, You Are Free: Be Who You Already Are, and Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning. An old soul with a contemporary, honest voice, Rebekah reveals her own battles to overcome anxiety and depression and invites others to discover and boldly pursue their God-given purpose. Alongside her husband, Gabe, Rebekah finds joy in raising four children, two of whom have Down syndrome. Her work has been featured on TODAY, Good Morning America, CNN, FOX, PARADE, SiriusXM, Huffington Post, Hallmark Home & Family, and more. https://www.rebekahlyons.com/
Becky Thompson
Becky Thompson is the founder of the Midnight Mom Devotional online community, a ministry gathering over two million women in nightly prayer. She has authored ten books and has appeared on the USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, and ECPA best seller lists. Becky’s conversational style, paired with her degree in Biblical Studies, help her connect women to the peace, hope, and healing found in Jesus alone. When Becky is not traveling as a national speaker, she enjoys life in rural Oklahoma with her husband, Jared, and their three children.
Margaret Feinberg
Margaret Feinberg, host of the popular podcast, The Joycast, is an well-liked Bible teacher and speaker at churches and leading conferences. Her books, including Fight Back With Joy and Taste and See: Discovering God Among Butchers, Bakers and Fresh Food Makers, and their corresponding Bible studies have sold more than one million copies and received critical acclaim and extensive national media coverage from CNN, the Associated Press, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and more. She was recently named one of 50 women most shaping culture and the Church today by Christianity Today. www.margaretfeinberg.com
Dr. Heather Thompson Day
Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker, an ECPA bestseller, and has been a contributor for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Newsweek and the Barna Group. Heather was a communication professor for nearly 15 years teaching both graduate and undergraduate students in Public Speaking, Persuasion, and Social Media. She is now the founder of It Is Day Ministries, a nonprofit organization that trains churches, leaders, and laypeople in what Heather calls Cross Communication, a gospel centered communication approach that points you higher, to the cross, every time you open your mouth. Heather’s writing has been featured on outlets like the Today Show, and the National Communication Association. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio Live and The Wall Street Journal. She believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches. She is the author of 9 books; including It’s Not Your Turn, I’ll See You Tomorrow, Can I Sit Here? and What If I’m Wrong?
Madison Prewett Trout
Madison Prewett Troutt is a speaker, social media influencer, and a bestselling author of Made for This Moment and The Love Everybody Wants. Madi has a degree in communications from Auburn University and a certificate in ministry in pastoral leadership through Highlands College. She and her husband Grant live in Waco, Texas and serve at Harris Creek Church in the Young Adult Ministry. https://madiprew.com/
Julie Clinton
Julie Clinton is the President of Extraordinary Women Ministries, has spoken to hundreds of thousands of women as host of Extraordinary Women conferences all across America, and has authored five books with Harvest House. A woman of deep faith, she cares passionately about seeing women live out their dreams by finding their freedom in Christ. Julie and her husband, Tim, live in Virginia and have two children, Megan and Zach.
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Friday Night Worship Concert with Chris Tomlin
TIME magazine heralded Chris Tomlin as the “most often sung artist in the world” as his music has inspired and uplifted an entire generation of believers. Along the way, Chris has scored 21 number-one singles, 30 top-ten hits (more than any other Christian artist), and spent a total of 157 weeks at number-one during his career. Chris is also the first Christian artist to reach the billion streams threshold on Pandora. www.christomlin.com
Praise and Worship with: Michael O'Brien
Michael O’Brien was the lead singer of the Christian band, NewSong, for seven years. Sensing that God was placing a strong call on his life to step out and minister as a solo artist, he resigned his position with the band and has now been serving in the music ministry on his own for some 20 years. Michael has built a reputation as an incredibly gifted singer/songwriter with a heart for ministering to the body of Christ. www.michaelo.org
Schedule
Friday:
5:30pm – Gold Doors Open
6:00pm – Doors Open
7:00pm – Conference Opening
7:45pm – General Session with Becky Thompson and Dr. Heather Thompson Day
9:30pm – Concert with Chris Tomlin
Saturday:
7:00am – Gold Doors Open
7:30am – Doors Open
8:30am – Conference Begins
9:30am – General Session with Rebekah Lyons and Shelene Bryan
11:15am – General Session with Margaret Feinberg
12:15pm – Lunch Break
1:30pm – General Session with Lysa TerKeurst
3:30pm – General Session with Madison Prewett Troutt
4:15pm – Conference Ends
Praise and worship with Michael O’Brien
Times and speaker lineup are approximate and subject to change



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